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Neighborhood driveways, city streets and social networking cites like Facebook, Twitter and Insta­gram have been blowing up with people dumping buckets of ice wa­ter on their heads this past summer.
The Ice Bucket Challenge start­ed in order to raise awareness and funds for Amyotrophic lateral scle­rosis (ALS). Children, adults and celebrities alike are joining this social media phenomenon to fight back against a disease that current­ly has no treatments or cures.
Although this trend has been a huge success for the ALS associa­tion, a number of criticisms have arisen relating to the campaign, accusing it of being self-congrat­ulatory— focusing primarily on fun rather than donating money to charity.
Donald Brown, an Illinois Wes­leyan University sophomore said, “I believe the challenge is effective if you’re doing it for the right rea­sons. I feel like some kids accept­ing the challenge don’t even know what ALS is.”
ALS is a progressive neuro­degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The degeneration of motor neurons eventually leads to their death, and once dead, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost.
With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of ALS may be­come totally paralyzed. According to the ALS Association website, the disease most commonly affects people between the ages of 40 and 70 and an average of 15 people are newly diagnosed with ALS every day.
Numerous celebrities, politi­cians, athletes and everyday Amer­icans have been posting videos of themselves online and on TV participating in the event. Accord­ing to The New York Times, more than 1.2 million Facebook videos were shared between June 1 and Aug. 13 and the phenomenon was mentioned more than 2.2 million times on Twitter between July 29 and Aug. 17.
Since July 29, the Ice Bucket Challenge has allowed the ALS Association to welcome more than 70,000 new donors to the cause. In addition, as of Sept. 9 the asso­ciation has received 111.1 million dollars in Ice Bucket Challenge donations.
At Illinois Wesleyan University, there has been widespread partici­pation in the challenge. Students, sports teams, Greek life and many more have nominated each other to get iced or to donate to the ALS cause. Even IWU’s esteemed fac­ulty—President Richard Wilson, Provost Jonathan Green and Dean Karla Carney-Hall—responded to the Ice Bucket Challenge immedi­ately following the convocation of the Class of 2018.
Leo Martinez, senior cross-country member at Illinois Wes­leyan, took the challenge and do­nated to ALS. “The challenge is a great way to raise awareness for ALS, but maybe not money. Espe­cially with our generation’s crave for attention on social media,” said Martinez.
America’s participation in the event has raised a tremendous amount of awareness and funds for ALS, especially through social media making the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a huge success nation­wide.
Returning students were in for a slight shock when they saw, what some might call strange, sculptures all over campus. The presence of the sculptures is the result of a chance interaction be­tween President Wilson and Illi­nois Wesleyan University alumni while in Florida this past spring.
During an alumni dinner, Wil­son said that he’d like to see more public art on the Wesleyan campus.
As it turned out, some of the alumni were familiar with the Sarasota Season of Sculpture—a biennial art exhibit.
Wilson was intrigued by the idea, and, after a few phone conversations, it became clear that the leaders of the Season of Sculpture shared his interest in the idea.
In a short amount of time, Wilson and the school quickly worked out an agreement with Season of Sculpture to host six large-scale displays on campus through May of 2015.
The sculptures, some of seem­ingly ancient Egyptian descent, are nearly impossible to over­look. Three of them stand over 10 feet tall with their bright col­ors making a statement amongst the other nature-based adorn­ments on IWU’s campus.
Four of these sculptures were designed by New-York based art­ist Hans Van de Bovenkamp, and the other two were conceived in Boaz Vaadia’s Brooklyn, NY studio.
Some Wesleyan students took a liking to the temporary campus additions, including sophomore Marissa Cozzi.
She said, “I actually really like the sculptures. I think they bring a fresh look to the campus, and they also give our campus an aspect that not many others have.”
While interesting and unique, the sculptures haven’t won over the entire student body, includ­ing junior Cameron Leberecht.
He said, “Frankly, I don’t care for them. I’m happy to see that we’re trying to incorporate more art into the campus setting, but I just don’t think that the ma­jority of these new sculptures fit with the campus setting. The quad acts as an arboretum. That doesn’t seem like a natural pair­ing for shiny contemporary art. The sculptures themselves look fine, but they just don’t seem to belong.”
Aside from matching the ex­isting campus identity, a concern that has been raised by members of the student body is the issue of financing such an exhibit.
“I think the sculptures are an interesting addition to campus, I just wonder where the money is coming from,” said senior Emily Considine.
A large reason for this concern is the misconception that the funds would come from student tuition funds, or otherwise di­rectly out of Illinois Wesleyan’s pocket.
With donor contributions, the school will not have to pay to feature this exhibit on campus. The leaders of Season of Sculp­ture agreed to chip in to cover transportation costs, which made this a very enticing opportunity for the school.
“We’re grateful to those who have made it possible to bring the work of these renowned art­ists to central Illinois,” said Wil­son. He and the school also look forward to future opportunities to feature similar works of art on the Wesleyan campus.
Volume 121 | Issue 2 blogs.iwu.edu/argus/ September 12, 2014
Titan men’s soccer wins both games at recent tournament
SPORTS, p. 10
Spice up your eating routine with a trip to an Irish pub in Uptown Normal
FEATURES, p. 6
Packback offers students new options for textbooks.
OPINIONS, p. 9
ALYSSA BERRY
STAFF WRITER
Argus
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Illinois Wesleyan University
Unique sculptures on campus come from a chance encounter
JEFF NEUKOM
FEATURES EDITOR
“Red Trunk” by Hans Van de Bovenkamp is featured outside of the Center for Natural Sciences building.
PHOTO COURTESY OF: IWU.EDU
IWU participates in ice bucket challenge
Cross-country member Leo Martinez participates in ice bucket challenge to raise awareness and money for ALS aid.
PHOTO COURTESY OF: ALYSSA BERRY

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Neighborhood driveways, city streets and social networking cites like Facebook, Twitter and Insta­gram have been blowing up with people dumping buckets of ice wa­ter on their heads this past summer.
The Ice Bucket Challenge start­ed in order to raise awareness and funds for Amyotrophic lateral scle­rosis (ALS). Children, adults and celebrities alike are joining this social media phenomenon to fight back against a disease that current­ly has no treatments or cures.
Although this trend has been a huge success for the ALS associa­tion, a number of criticisms have arisen relating to the campaign, accusing it of being self-congrat­ulatory— focusing primarily on fun rather than donating money to charity.
Donald Brown, an Illinois Wes­leyan University sophomore said, “I believe the challenge is effective if you’re doing it for the right rea­sons. I feel like some kids accept­ing the challenge don’t even know what ALS is.”
ALS is a progressive neuro­degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The degeneration of motor neurons eventually leads to their death, and once dead, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost.
With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of ALS may be­come totally paralyzed. According to the ALS Association website, the disease most commonly affects people between the ages of 40 and 70 and an average of 15 people are newly diagnosed with ALS every day.
Numerous celebrities, politi­cians, athletes and everyday Amer­icans have been posting videos of themselves online and on TV participating in the event. Accord­ing to The New York Times, more than 1.2 million Facebook videos were shared between June 1 and Aug. 13 and the phenomenon was mentioned more than 2.2 million times on Twitter between July 29 and Aug. 17.
Since July 29, the Ice Bucket Challenge has allowed the ALS Association to welcome more than 70,000 new donors to the cause. In addition, as of Sept. 9 the asso­ciation has received 111.1 million dollars in Ice Bucket Challenge donations.
At Illinois Wesleyan University, there has been widespread partici­pation in the challenge. Students, sports teams, Greek life and many more have nominated each other to get iced or to donate to the ALS cause. Even IWU’s esteemed fac­ulty—President Richard Wilson, Provost Jonathan Green and Dean Karla Carney-Hall—responded to the Ice Bucket Challenge immedi­ately following the convocation of the Class of 2018.
Leo Martinez, senior cross-country member at Illinois Wes­leyan, took the challenge and do­nated to ALS. “The challenge is a great way to raise awareness for ALS, but maybe not money. Espe­cially with our generation’s crave for attention on social media,” said Martinez.
America’s participation in the event has raised a tremendous amount of awareness and funds for ALS, especially through social media making the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a huge success nation­wide.
Returning students were in for a slight shock when they saw, what some might call strange, sculptures all over campus. The presence of the sculptures is the result of a chance interaction be­tween President Wilson and Illi­nois Wesleyan University alumni while in Florida this past spring.
During an alumni dinner, Wil­son said that he’d like to see more public art on the Wesleyan campus.
As it turned out, some of the alumni were familiar with the Sarasota Season of Sculpture—a biennial art exhibit.
Wilson was intrigued by the idea, and, after a few phone conversations, it became clear that the leaders of the Season of Sculpture shared his interest in the idea.
In a short amount of time, Wilson and the school quickly worked out an agreement with Season of Sculpture to host six large-scale displays on campus through May of 2015.
The sculptures, some of seem­ingly ancient Egyptian descent, are nearly impossible to over­look. Three of them stand over 10 feet tall with their bright col­ors making a statement amongst the other nature-based adorn­ments on IWU’s campus.
Four of these sculptures were designed by New-York based art­ist Hans Van de Bovenkamp, and the other two were conceived in Boaz Vaadia’s Brooklyn, NY studio.
Some Wesleyan students took a liking to the temporary campus additions, including sophomore Marissa Cozzi.
She said, “I actually really like the sculptures. I think they bring a fresh look to the campus, and they also give our campus an aspect that not many others have.”
While interesting and unique, the sculptures haven’t won over the entire student body, includ­ing junior Cameron Leberecht.
He said, “Frankly, I don’t care for them. I’m happy to see that we’re trying to incorporate more art into the campus setting, but I just don’t think that the ma­jority of these new sculptures fit with the campus setting. The quad acts as an arboretum. That doesn’t seem like a natural pair­ing for shiny contemporary art. The sculptures themselves look fine, but they just don’t seem to belong.”
Aside from matching the ex­isting campus identity, a concern that has been raised by members of the student body is the issue of financing such an exhibit.
“I think the sculptures are an interesting addition to campus, I just wonder where the money is coming from,” said senior Emily Considine.
A large reason for this concern is the misconception that the funds would come from student tuition funds, or otherwise di­rectly out of Illinois Wesleyan’s pocket.
With donor contributions, the school will not have to pay to feature this exhibit on campus. The leaders of Season of Sculp­ture agreed to chip in to cover transportation costs, which made this a very enticing opportunity for the school.
“We’re grateful to those who have made it possible to bring the work of these renowned art­ists to central Illinois,” said Wil­son. He and the school also look forward to future opportunities to feature similar works of art on the Wesleyan campus.
Volume 121 | Issue 2 blogs.iwu.edu/argus/ September 12, 2014
Titan men’s soccer wins both games at recent tournament
SPORTS, p. 10
Spice up your eating routine with a trip to an Irish pub in Uptown Normal
FEATURES, p. 6
Packback offers students new options for textbooks.
OPINIONS, p. 9
ALYSSA BERRY
STAFF WRITER
Argus
the
Illinois Wesleyan University
Unique sculptures on campus come from a chance encounter
JEFF NEUKOM
FEATURES EDITOR
“Red Trunk” by Hans Van de Bovenkamp is featured outside of the Center for Natural Sciences building.
PHOTO COURTESY OF: IWU.EDU
IWU participates in ice bucket challenge
Cross-country member Leo Martinez participates in ice bucket challenge to raise awareness and money for ALS aid.
PHOTO COURTESY OF: ALYSSA BERRY